Go To IPA
(has 1 batch)
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
7.18
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Since Day One, we've been abundantly forthright and fully transparent about our lust for hops. It's led us to craft many an IPA, most of them imperial—some intense for their time and all timeless in their intensity. For Stone Go To IPA, we embrace our hop obsession in a new way, funneling an abundance of lupulin-borne bitterness into a session IPA that delivers all the fruity, piney character of a much bigger IPA. To accomplish this, we employ hop bursting, a technique wherein an irrational amount of hops is added during the final phase of the brewing process to bring out extreme flavors and aromas while also imparting a burst of desirably pleasant bitterness. The result is an alpha-acid-rich beer that fans can enjoy more of without missing out on the assertive hop character you, like us, crave. So, sit back and go two with your new everyday go-to IPA and bask along with us in the glory of the almighty hop.
This beer employed the hop-bursting technique, which in essence is a hopping method where all or most of the bitterness in the beer comes from late hop additions in the brewhouse, like at the end of boil and in the whirlpool, instead of the more traditional approach where most of the hop bitterness comes from earlier additions at the start of the kettle boil. The result is a beautifully aromatic beer with substantial but somewhat mellow bitterness. Hop bursting also enhances the flavor retention of the hops, and combined with the dry hop, creates a very intense and complex hop flavor.
This beer employed the hop-bursting technique, which in essence is a hopping method where all or most of the bitterness in the beer comes from late hop additions in the brewhouse, like at the end of boil and in the whirlpool, instead of the more traditional approach where most of the hop bitterness comes from earlier additions at the start of the kettle boil. The result is a beautifully aromatic beer with substantial but somewhat mellow bitterness. Hop bursting also enhances the flavor retention of the hops, and combined with the dry hop, creates a very intense and complex hop flavor.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Almost clear golden liquid with medium off-white head head. Aroma of citrus, pine, light graham cracker, mango and light honey. Taste is dry and medium bitter with notes of citrus, pine and grain. Light to medium bodied with medium carbonation. Pretty nice, drinkable. Could have a more modern hop profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2015
at 17:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 355ml @ La Quinta Inn & Suites, Portland, ME
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grape, pine and lots of hop pellets. Taste is light sweet and medium to heavy bitter with a long slightly dry, fresh, bitter and citrus fruity and piney finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grape, pine and lots of hop pellets. Taste is light sweet and medium to heavy bitter with a long slightly dry, fresh, bitter and citrus fruity and piney finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2015
at 20:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance is golden and completely clear at first, but then a bit cloudy once all the bottle is poured out. A bubbly white head, a few bubbles rising. Aroma- tons of fresh hops, grapefruit, pineapple, pine, malts, hint of toffee. Smells great. Taste- lots of hop bitterness, orange peel, pineapple juice, fresh fruit, and more tropical fruit comes through as it warms a bit. Lots of pine, a long and very bitter finish. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2015
at 03:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Braufest Berlin 2015. Pours hazy orange golden with a white head. Aroma of dank fruity hops, light sweaty hops, citrus and peach. Flavour is light sweet and moderate bitter. Light to light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2015
at 14:32
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft sample @ Berlin Braufest 2015. Dorée, col blanc. Arôme est houblonné à souhait dans la lignée côte ouest américaine, note prenante de pin de forêt et pas mal d’agrumes. Palais agrumes, fort centré sur le pin résineux, sec au fini sur de belles notes de melon. Malt prend un peu la place de passager et assure une base de grains qui laisse ample place aux houblons.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2015
at 10:02